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15 Aug 17
The international community must act now to stop the spread of cholera in war-torn Yemen, the UK’s international development secretary has said.
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15 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank has issued two types of green bond, raising $1.25bn to finance climate change projects.
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11 Aug 17
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to loan Bangladesh $200m to strengthen municipal infrastructure, service delivery and governance in 35 localities.
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11 Aug 17
Three Danish pension funds have combined to create a $550m vehicle for infrastructure investments in Africa.
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10 Aug 17
The UK government has accepted a set of recommendations to improve the effectiveness of its aid work in Somalia.
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8 Aug 17
International development secretary Priti Patel has allocated a further £100m to aid world-wide eradication of polio.
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8 Aug 17
British government departments have been asked to propose projects for overseas aid where there is clear potential for high-impact work in financial services, insurance, business services,...
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7 Aug 17
Tunisia’s growth is slowly improving, but strong consumption is fuelling inflation and the public sector wage bill is among the world’s highest by proportion of GDP, the International...
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7 Aug 17
The World Bank has issued Mexico with catastrophe bonds worth $360m to protect in against financial losses from earthquakes and tropical cyclones.
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7 Aug 17
Belize must make long-term plans to gain the greatest benefit from and protect its natural resources, the executive vice president of the Inter-American Development Bank has stressed, following an...
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4 Aug 17
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted $78m to Somalia and South Sudan for drought resilience and the alleviation of chronic hunger and malnutrition.
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4 Aug 17
Nigeria should act urgently to develop policies to enhance its economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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4 Aug 17
The Department for International Development has published a mixed response to a review of its work in Africa by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.
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1 Aug 17
The India government and the World Bank have loaned $100m to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand to improve conditions in rural areas.
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1 Aug 17
The World Bank has approved a $32.73m grant from its Global Environment Fund to support work in China on integrating land use and transport.
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28 Jul 17
Three energy efficient kindergartens have been opened in Kazakhstan backed by an aid fund provided by Switzerland and administered by the World Bank.
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28 Jul 17
Campaigners have called on members of the US House of Representatives to ensure better access to federal healthcare programmes for residents of Puerto Rico.
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27 Jul 17
Uganda has a shortfall of nearly $1.4bn in financing per year, equivalent to 6.5% of its gross domestic product, the World Bank has said.
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26 Jul 17
Slovenia should narrow the focus of its foreign aid outside the Balkans to avoid spreading this too thinly, a review by the OECD has said.
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26 Jul 17
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has called for a regional project information hub to stimulate investment in Africa.
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24 Jul 17
The proportion of the world’s population covered by anti-tobacco smoking measures has quadrupled in the past decade, the World Health Organisation has said.
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24 Jul 17
South Africa’s economy has registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years but needs wide-ranging structural reforms to revive economic growth, a report from the Organisation for Economic...
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21 Jul 17
Argentina to enhance its early years education provision by using a $200m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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21 Jul 17
The European Union is to support rural development projects in Colombia as part of efforts to ensure that the country’s peace deal holds between the government and former guerrillas.
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20 Jul 17
Cameroon can become an emerging economy by 2035, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.